TO-DAY’S SPORTING EVENTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 168, 20 July 1935, Page 4

TO-DAY’S SPORTING EVENTS

FINAL HOCKEY TEST AT AUCKLAND DOMINION CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

'There arc t\xo sporting cxems 10-da; nhi.-li will occasion xvide interes throughout Nexx Zealand- the thin test against the touring Indian hocke; ttain, which i> to be played at Auek land, and the New Zealand cross country championship, to be run a Wellington. Hockey enthusiasts who held a higl hope early in the season that the Do minion team xvoiild win at least one o the tests against the Indians, and tha hope has been greatly dimmed by tin two losses suffered so far. still hol< that to-day’s issue xvill extend the tour ists to the full. 'Team work has beei encouraged in the Nexx - Zealand side Profiting by the lessons learned in 11n txvo test matches played to date, th< Now Zealand hockey poxx ers-that-bi made every effort Io train the elect o. the Dominion along The right lines. De fence against the Indians’ system o attack was accomplished to a great de gree in the txvo earlier tests, but to da; New Zealand will need effectively pom l trative attack if Ihe side expects U x\ in. Cross-country Event. Because there is Io be a team 0. harriers selected <0 make a trip to Aus

tiulia next mouth, the ci oss-COUnt«y : championship race at Wellington to d-iy I will harbour more thau usual interest. Runners xvho are expected to do well are Savidan (Auckland). Pullar - (Otago), Cooper (Auckland), Weller (Wanganui), and Riddington (Welling ton). Savidan is expected to win. Ho 1 did not compote last year, and the title is at present held by Uullar. I Saxidan ami Pullar are undoubtedly the two outstanding competitors in to- > day’s field, but due alloxvance must be I made for the type of run Ihe course demands, ( ooper should be well placed 1 at the finish, despite the fact ‘hat Sax i . dan beat him by some 509 yards in lh» • Auckland championship. 'The Welling lon course is expected to suit. him. will’ : its proportion of level going. Weller’. s ’ chances depend on what the pace wil ■ be at the start. If the event is run at ‘ a three-mile pace he may not be able to hold his oxvn. Still, the Wanganui • lad is in good form, and may repeat his performance of 1933. when he ran > second t<> the great Savidan. Pullar’a win at Dunedin last year, xvhen Savidan xxas not competing, suggests that he will be second man home to-day, however. J